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Stunning Photos of New LEED Gold Science Building at Potomac's German School

Just what does a LEED Gold building look like? Take a look.

Buildings typically consume a lot of energy, but they can be designed for reduced energy use.

That doesn't mean they have to be ugly, utilitarian buildings—in fact, they can be quite stunning, as these photos of the new science building at the German School of Washington, DC, in Potomac, demonstrate.

The building recently received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, according to an announcement from the school.

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The LEED certification system ranks buildings of a variety of building types according to how environmentally-friendly they were built and how ecologically they function. There are four levels of LEED certification: Platinum, Gold, Silver and a basic Certification level.

The German School's new science building was designed by the architectural firm of Geier Brown Renfrow, and has classrooms for chemistry, physics, biology and general science, each room with state-of-the-art equipment for lab science classes for grades four through 12, the news statement reported. (The school, with more than 540 students, teaches students at all levels, from preschool through high school.)

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